Focus on Genre

Poetry

Genre

Focus on Poetry• By the end of today’s lesson • I will be able to write lines

from poetry that rhyme to identify elements of poetry in a graphic organizer.

Focus on PoetryRead Aloud

What is Pink? By Christina Rossetti

Poem Sense Words Rhyme Repetition

What is Pink?

What is Orange?

What is Pink?• How does the poet help you to see

each color in “What is Pink”?

• Does the poet use rhyming words in the poem?

• What are some of the rhyming words you hear?

What is Orange?• What are some sense words in the

poem “What is Orange”?

• What senses do the words appeal to?

Focus on PoetryRead Aloud

What is Pink? By Christina Rossetti

Poem Sense Words Rhyme Repetition

What is Pink?

What is Orange?

Focus on Poetry• What is rhyme?

–Rhyme is when a similar ending sound of words is repeated

»Wiggle»Jiggle»Giggle

• Ending sound is iggle

Sneeze

which Icannotsuppressany longer,I guess,so pardon me,please,while IMAXINE KUMIN

There’s asort of aticklethe sizeof a nickel,a bit like the prickleof sweet-sourpickle;

It’s aquiveryshiverthe shape of asliver,like eels in ariver;

a kind of a wigglethat starts as a jiggleand jogglesits way to atease,

http://www.parents.com/fun/vacation/international/poetry-pick-sneeze-by-maxine-kumin/

Focus on PoetryRhyme

• Have you ever heard the song “On Top of Spaghetti”?

• The next poem can be read to the same rhythm of the song

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zDrt5Ga26w&feature=related

Focus on Poetry

Spaghetti!Spaghetti!

By Jack Prelutsky

Spaghetti! spaghetti!You're wonderful stuff,I love you spaghetti,I can't get enough.

You're covered with sauceand you're sprinkled with cheese,

spaghetti! spaghetti!oh, give me some please.

 Spaghetti! spaghetti!piled high in a mound,

you wiggle, you wriggle,you squiggle around.

There's slurpy spaghettiall over my plate,

spaghetti! spaghetti!I think you are great.

 Spaghetti! spaghetti!

I love you a lot,you're slishy, you're sloshy,

delicious and hot.I gobble you down

oh, I can't get enough,spaghetti! spaghetti!

you're wonderful stuff.

Focus on PoetryRhyme

Topic:

Sense Words Rhyming LinesEx. sort of a tickle--touch Ex. you’re wonderful stuff

I can’t get enough

Focus on PoetryExtension

• Think of your favorite food.• Think of why you like it.• Use the graphic organizer to plan your OWN rhyming poem.

Topic:Sight Words

Touch Words Hearing Words Taste Words Smell Words

Why is it your favorite?

Poetry Vocabulary• beats: pulses that are the basic units

of rhythm, used in both poetry and music

• lines: rows of words printed or written across a page or column

• pattern: a combination of features, actions, or events that are repeated in a recognized arrangement

(R03-S1C4-01, 02)I can learn and use new vocabulary words when speaking and writing.

More Vocabulary• rhyme: to agree or correspond in

sound

• rhythm: a series of pulses that repeat in a regular order

• stanzas: groups of lines that make up divisions of a poem

(R03-S1C4-01, 02)I can learn and use new vocabulary words when speaking and writing.

Sneeze• quivery: shaky, trembling• sliver: a thin piece of glass or wood• suppress: to hold back

In “Sneeze” why does the poet use tickle, prickle, shiver, wiggle, jiggle, tease? To suggest the build up

of a sneeze

(R03-S1C5-02 I can read aloud poetry with fluency and appropriate rhythm and pacing.)

Joe

In “Joe,” why is waiting for Joe to leave pretty cold work? The birds have to wait in the cold

until Joe finishes his meal before they can eat.

(R03-S1C5-02 I can read aloud poetry with fluency and appropriate rhythm and pacing.)

Cloud DragonsDo you ever look up into the clouds

and find shapes of things in them?

• slithering: moving along by gliding• caballitos: little horses, ponies

In “Cloud Dragons,” what does the speaker mean by dragons that curl their tails as they go slithering by?

(R03-S1C5-02 I can read aloud poetry with fluency and appropriate rhythm and pacing.)

giraffe• hobbles: walks with a slow awkward

motion

In “giraffe” what does the poet mean by up to his neck in brown and yellow patchwork quilts?

In “giraffe” why does the poet use the word stilts for the giraffe’s legs?

(R03-S1C5-02 I can read aloud poetry with fluency and appropriate rhythm and pacing.)

Spaghetti! Spaghetti!

In “Spaghetti! Spaghetti!” what does the poet mean by you wiggle, you wriggle, you squiggle around?

The long strings of spaghetti are coiled and twisted in every direction.

(R03-S1C5-02 I can read aloud poetry with fluency and appropriate rhythm and pacing.)

ANDRE

In the last stanza of “Andre,” why is the speaker glad? He realizes that his parents are the

best ones he could have.

(R03-S1C5-02 I can read aloud poetry with fluency and appropriate rhythm and pacing.)

The Bat•mobile: able to move•mammal: warm-blooded animal•mugs: attacks • myriad: a very large number, many

In “The Bat,” why do you think the poet has the last line printed upside down?

To show how the bat sleeps hanging upside down by its feet.

(R03-S1C5-02 I can read aloud poetry with fluency and appropriate rhythm and pacing.)

If I Were an Ant

Would the speaker in the poem “If I Were an Ant” be like other ants? Explain.

No, most ants work hard and save their food.

(R03-S1C5-02 I can read aloud poetry with fluency and appropriate rhythm and pacing.)

Books/Los libros•passports: government documents that give permission to travel in foreign countries.

According to this poem how is a book like a passport? Both allow the user to travel, one in

imagination and the other in real life.

Show Fish•flounder: a fish

In “Show Fish” why does the poet change “show and tell” to “show and smell”?

After two weeks a rotting fish would smell.

(R03-S1C5-02 I can read aloud poetry with fluency and appropriate rhythm and pacing.)

You are great poets!

Poetry Vocabulary• beats: pulses that are the basic units

of rhythm, used in both poetry and music

• lines: rows of words printed or written across a page or column

• pattern: a combination of features, actions, or events that are repeated in a recognized arrangement

VisualizingTE pg. 143

• Creating a “mind movie” or a picture in your mind.

• When you visualize, they use a writer’s words to “see” a picture in their mind.

• Explain that visualizing images from poetry helps them see what the poet saw.

Shape Poems(giraffe is an example of a

shape poem)HTTP://WWW.READWRITETHINK.ORG/MATERIALS/SHAPE/

Enjoy your learning centers!

More Vocabulary• rhyme: to agree or correspond in

sound

• rhythm: a series of pulses that repeat in a regular order

• stanzas: groups of lines that make up divisions of a poem

1. You will be working with a partner to reread the poems in your reading book and answer questions on page 150 to help you understand poetry structure.

2. Then you will get a chance to compare the poems. (Practice Book pg. 79)

3. Then you will get a chance to create a shape poem.

RhymeTE pg. 145

• Words like ran and fan, which end with the same sound, are called rhymes.

• Rhymes make poems enjoyable to hear and read

Read “Double Trouble in Walla Walla”

Practice Book pg. 78

Acrostic PoemsUsing each letter of your name of the

animal create a poem.Happy when with her studentsExcellent cookAppreciates honestyTeaches young peopleHealthy eating is the wayEnergetic personalityReads all kinds of stories

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/acrostic/

You are great poets!

AlliterationTE pg. 147

• Repeating the beginning sound in words is called an alliteration.

• These also help make poems fun to read and hear.

Read The Z was Zapped by Chris Van Allsberg”

Onomatopoeia

• onomatopoeia is words that are “sound” words

Read Slap, Squeak, and Scatter: How Animals Communicate

Practice Book pg. 80 and Best Poem Award

You are great poets!

Prefixes and Suffixes

TE pg. 151C

Is that a nonsense poem?

There’s slurpy spaghetti all over my plate,

Write the underlined words and circle each prefix or

suffix.1. Bats are unusual animals.2. They hunt nonstop at night.3. They disappear in the daytime.4. Do they ever get sleepy?5. They rest quietly in caves.

Practice Book pg. 82

“I Can’t Write a Poem” poem

HTTP://ETTCWEB.LR.K12.NJ.US/FORMS/CANTWRITE.HTM

You are great poets!

Bio Poem• Line 1: Your first name

Line 2: Who is...(Descriptive words that describe you)Line 3: Who is daughter or son of...Line 4: Who loves...(three ideas or people)Line 5: Who feels...(three ideas )Line 6: Who needs...(three ideas)Line 7: Who gives...(three ideas)Line 8: Who fears...(three ideas)Line 9: Who would like to see...Line 10: Who shares...Line 11: Who is...Line 12: Who is a resident of...Line 13: Your last name

HeatherHappy, positive, kind, and honest

Daughter of Kevin and ElaineLoves to walk her dog, read, play guitar hero, and teach kidsWho feels sleepy, relaxed around her family and friends, and

thankfulWho needs her hairdryer, coffee, and her computer.

Who gives her students love of learning, hugs to her family, and her time to her friends.

Who fears spiders, storms, and snakes.Who would like to see the Pacific Ocean, her students be

organized, and how much her students have learned.Who shares her secrets, her blankets, and her popcorn.

Who is a teacher, a new wife, and a friend to Emily, Anne, and Bradley.

Who is a resident of Surprise, ArizonaWilliams

Descriptive Language

Senses

sight

touch

hearing

taste

smell

Practice Book pg. 86